After the early court, Emperor Wen again left King Yu and King Xian behind, and ordered Fuze to take them to the Imperial Garden.

Xiao Yao did not originally have a deep affection for his sixth brother, and since he had been away for three years, apart from occasionally ordering people to send back some specialties from the South, he had little interaction with them.

The two of them went to the imperial garden together, but they just exchanged pleasantries.

"Third brother, I haven't seen you for many years."

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "It has been many years, and your appearance has become more and more handsome. If you were on the street, I would hardly recognize you."[

"Third brother hasn't changed much. He's still the same as the one who conquered the country and turned everyone upside down." Xiao Li joked, "You can recognize him when you walk on the street. You only need to look at the group of women surrounding him."

Xiao Yao smiled lightly and said nothing.

Xiao Li said again, "Fifth Sister is also back, but her carriage is still on the road. I still remember that Fifth Sister loved to chase you from far away when she was young. Unfortunately, you always ignored her. Now she has grown up. She is a big girl, third brother, please don’t be cold to her face anymore. "Pi"

"Yun Luo?" Xiao Yao raised his eyebrows, "That's right, it's time to come back and let your father propose marriage."

After Xiao Yao said that, he quickened his pace.

Xiao Li looked at Xiao Yao's back, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and stepped forward.

Emperor Wen had been waiting in the imperial garden for a long time. After his death, Fu Ze was waiting for him, and Bo Qin was waiting for him.

Xiao Yao and Xiao Li knelt down to Emperor Wen and saluted him.

Emperor Wen put down the tea cup and looked at Xiao Li, "Get up."

Xiao Yao and Xiao Li stood up.

Emperor Wen looked at Xiao Yao coldly, "Did I tell you to get up? Kneel down!"

Xiao Yao knelt down again.

Xiao Li stood aside, looking quite embarrassed.

Emperor Wen looked coldly at Xiao Yao at his feet and asked, "Where should you be at this time?"

Xiao Yao lowered his head and said softly, "On the way back."

Emperor Wen said coldly, "Raise your head and look at me to speak. You came back from a battle, but your courage is getting weaker?"

Xiao Yao raised his head and met Emperor Wen's eyes.

When Emperor Wen saw this face, something flashed across his eyes very quickly, perhaps so fast that even he didn't notice it. It was attachment, or... nostalgia. He loved Xiao Yao, except that Xiao Yao was not like his other sons. There are other reasons for scheming against him, such as this face...

His fifth daughter, Princess Yun Luo, loved to chase Xiao Yao since she was a child. It was not until seven years ago that Huai Mo entered the court, and Yun Luo became fond of Huai Mo again.[

He once joked to Yun Luo, "Don't you like Xiao Yao? Why are you chasing after Huai Mo now?"

Yun Luo blinked his bright eyes and told him, "Father, haven't you noticed that Xiao Yao and Huai Mo look very much alike? They are like brothers. Xiao Yao smiles at everyone, too. I don’t think he has anything special about my sister, but Huaimo has always been cold and indifferent. If I can make him smile at me, then I will be special."

At that time, Emperor Wen's heart skipped a beat. It stands to reason that Xiao Yao and Huai Mo were brothers and both were his sons, so they would naturally have some similarities in appearance.

But in fact, there are very few Huaimo who look like him. Huaimo looks very much like Susu. And Xiao Yao looks like Huaimo...

In fact, he had already discovered that Xiao Yao's face was also pixelated, although not as much as Huai Mo's.

When Huai Mo was young, Emperor Wen was not kind to Huai Mo, so even if Huai Mo's face was pixelated, Emperor Wen was unwilling to show any affection to him. In fact, it was not so much unwillingness as...dare to.

He has always been jealous of Huai Mo and hated Huai Mo in his heart. Even though Huai Mo is by his side now and he... except for intoxication... he is still obedient to his words. But in his heart, he is actually afraid. He is afraid that Huai Mo will listen to him now. However, He just coveted his throne. If he didn't have the throne, Huai Mo would not even look at him, and would even be more ruthless. Maybe... he wanted revenge?

Although Huai Mo did not know the cause of Su Su's death, he did suffer a lot during those years in the palace. Emperor Wen was afraid that he would hold a grudge and return to the court for revenge.

Because of this mentality, Emperor Wen became more and more unkind to Huai Mo over the years, but at the same time he loved Xiao Yao even more. Subconsciously, he transferred all the love he had suppressed from Huai Mo's face to Xiao Yao.

In Yao's case, the colder he was towards Huai Mo, the more he cherished and cared for Xiao Yao.

In fact, no one knew that when Xiao Yao asked himself to go to the Huns, Emperor Wen almost fainted from anger. Xiao Yao insisted on going his own way, and Emperor Wen even locked him in the palace for three days. Finally, Xiao Yao

Yao went on a hunger strike to resist and threatened that he would starve to death if he was not allowed to go to the battlefield. Emperor Wen finally released him and granted his request.

But it was not as easy as it seemed. Emperor Wen knew that there were many people with profound skills around Huaimo, so he ordered Huaimo to choose capable people to follow Xiao Yao all the way. He once gave a secret order to Huaimo...

"Choose capable men to follow King Yu and protect him all the way. If King Yu lives, the prime minister will live. If King Yu dies, all the prime ministers will be destroyed."

In fact, the victory in this battle can definitely be attributed to Xiao Yao. If he could, no matter how many people Huaimo sent, they could only save his life; it might be possible for the massacre to be carried out in just over three months.

Winning a complete victory in such a short period of time cannot be said to be the credit of Xiao Yao alone. Perhaps half of this credit should be taken from Huai Mo.

Of course, Emperor Wen would never tell these things, not even to Xiao Yao.

Emperor Wen was so angry at this time. On the one hand, he was angry with Xiao Yao for being so obsessed with Shen Zui. On the other hand, he was even more angry with Xiao Yao for not knowing what was good and for what he had done for him. He even suspected that besides being intoxicated, Xiao Yao

Is there any other purpose for coming back so soon? Is he afraid that things are changing rapidly in the court and he has to come back quickly to establish his position?

Don't blame him for being suspicious. If he hadn't been suspicious, he wouldn't have been able to sit on the throne smoothly and still sit there until now.

Emperor Wen looked at Xiao Yao, murmured for a long time, and asked, "How many nights have you been awake? Why do you look like this!"

Xiao Yao suddenly raised his lips and said with a smile, "Father, do you care about your sons?"

Emperor Wen was so angry that when he smiled, he didn't know how to vent his anger. When Xiao Yao smiled, his eyes were as beautiful as Su Su's, so he didn't allow Xiao Yao to cry since he was a child, only to laugh.

In the past few years, some ministers in the court were guarding Xiao Yao like a wolf, for fear that Xiao Yao would abduct their daughter. Some ministers even publicly submitted a letter asking Emperor Wen to order Xiao Yao not to laugh at the sight of women. At that time, Emperor Wen saw the statement.

, dumbfounded, warned Xiao Yao to be careful. Xiao Yao smiled and told him, "Didn't my father command his children to laugh often since he was a child? It is said that laughing often will lead to longevity. Do those ministers think about my children?"

Died young?"

It was indeed Emperor Wen's order, because Huai Mo looked like him from any angle, but Xiao Yao looked most like him only when he smiled.

After all, he is not Susu's child... Emperor Wen often sighed with emotion, but then he thought about it, if it was really Susu's child, how could he love him so carelessly? [

Therefore, there are always gains and losses in life.

Emperor Wen looked at Xiao Yao and was lost in thought for a moment.

Xiao Li stood aside and took in everything, but he was calm and kept smiling respectfully.

After a long time, Emperor Wen suddenly said calmly, "Since you don't have a good rest, then you should have a good rest in the palace. Now, go see your mother and concubine, and then go back. You are not allowed to leave the palace for one month, and you don't have to come to court...

Already."

Xiao Yao's expression suddenly changed, and even Xiao Li on the side was shocked when he heard this order, and he didn't cover it up for a moment.

"Get up!" Emperor Wen ordered quietly.

Xiao Yao looked at Emperor Wen with astonishment in his eyes, "Father..."

"Why, you don't understand my order?" Emperor Wen's face turned cold, "Although you won a great victory, you violated military regulations by leaving the army without authorization. I just punished you to shut up and think about your mistakes, which is a big leniency.

.Otherwise, you know best what the crime will be if you leave the army without permission."

Xiao Yao's fists at his sides tightened, and he stood up slowly, saying, "Yes, I obey your order."

At this moment, Xiao Yao felt quite desolate. Huai Mo was indeed the one who understood Emperor Wen best.

He had been lucky in his heart that even if he was exposed in the palace last night, Emperor Wen would spare him for the sake of his mother and her love for him since childhood. He didn't expect that Emperor Wen was Emperor Wen, who was suspicious by nature and loved family.

"Back off." Emperor Wen said quietly, "Go to your mother's concubine. I will be there soon."

"yes."

Xiao Yao left.

Emperor Wen turned to look at Xiao Li, smiled slightly and said, "You came back quickly. I ordered that it will only last for fifteen days. How hard is it on the road?"

Xiao Li said respectfully, "My father has a destiny, and my son and I missed my father and queen even more, so I rode back all the way."

"Well, I came back just in time. I just received an invitation at this time. On the fifteenth of this month, the master of Jiuqing Palace, Li Yuan, wants to adopt an adopted daughter. You can go on behalf of the royal family."

Xiao Li lowered his head, his eyes calm and dark.

Jiuqing Palace and the royal family have always been at odds with each other. Although Li Yuan accepted his adopted daughter on the happy day, Li Yuan has always been arrogant and disdained to play dirty tricks, so he should not be an obstacle to him. But entering Jiu Qing Palace, after all, he is in danger.

Emperor Wen wanted to send him?

He said that he was punishing Xiao Yao, but he scolded Xiao Yao in front of him, but why didn't he order Xiao Yao to go in the end?

Which one is lighter and which one is more important is clear at a glance.

Xiao Li sneered in his heart, but he had no intention of refusing. He was about to say yes when he was suddenly interrupted.

"Father, I invite you to go to Jiuqing Palace to observe the ceremony."

But it was Xiao Yao who left and returned.

Just as Xiao Yao was about to leave, he heard Emperor Wen mentioning Jiuqing Palace. He suddenly remembered that last night, the person Huai Mo pretended to be was Li Yuan, but Shen Zui followed "Li Yuan". His mind suddenly moved, and he already had doubts in his heart.

.

Is Shen Zui missing in Jiuqing Palace?

Xiao Yao's "self-invitation" once again made Emperor Wen furious.

He stood up and pointed at Xiao Yao, "Who allowed you to come back?"

Xiao Yao persisted, knelt in front of Emperor Wen, and repeated again, "I have invited you to represent the royal family to the Jiuqing Palace to watch the ceremony."

Emperor Wen's face was horribly tense. He stared at Xiao Yao fiercely, gritted his teeth, and wanted to go forward and beat him. But because Xiao Li was present, he couldn't get angry. At the same time, he was also angry that Xiao Yao didn't know good from good and didn't understand him.

After all the hard work, he decided to enter that dangerous situation. In a moment of anger, he said coldly, "Okay, I will let you go!"

After Emperor Wen said that, he didn't want to look at Xiao Yao again and walked away.
To be continued...